If your uncle borrows $52,000 from the bank at 10 percent interest over the eight-year life of the loan. Use Appendix D for an approximate answer but calculate your final answer using the formula and financial calculator methods.

a. What equal annual payments must be made to discharge the loan, plus pay the bank its required rate of interest? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your final answer to 2 decimal places.)

b. How much of his first payment will be applied to interest? To principal? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your final answers to 2 decimal places.)

c. How much of his second payment will be applied to each? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your final answers to 2 decimal places.)

Consider the market for gasoline. suppose that, in a competitive market without government regulations, the equilibrium price of gasoline is $3.00 per gallon, and employees at gas stations earn $17.50 per hour. complete the following table by indicating whether each of the statements is an example of a price ceiling or a price floor and whether it results in a shortage or a surplus or has no effect on the price and quantity that prevail in the market. statement price control effect the government has instituted a legal minimum price of $3.40 per gallon for gasoline. the government prohibits gas stations from selling gasoline for more than $3.40 per gallon. due to new regulations, gas stations that would like to pay better wages in order to hire more workers are prohibited from paying more than $14.50 per hour.

Refer to the payoff matrix. suppose that speedy bike and power bike are the only two bicycle manufacturing firms serving the market. both can choose large or small advertising budgets. is there a nash equilibrium solution to this game?

Choose the statement that is incorrect. a. search activity occurs only in markets where there is a shortage. b. when a price is regulated and there is a shortage, search activity increases. c. the time spent looking for someone with whom to do business is called search activity. d. the opportunity cost of a good is equal to its price plus the value of the search time spent finding the good.